PS3 Rename - Reorder Games - Webman

[S-E-G-A-G-E-S]

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere but is there any way to rename/reorganise the games within the Webman games folder on the xmb? Some of my titles or out of order especially sequels.

 

[pinky]

sequels can be a problem, but @aldostools had a very good idea for me. https://www.psx-place.com/threads/sorting-a-windows-folder-w-roman-numerals-in-numeric-order.24774/

the third option is what I do. I just fixed up bayonetta by adding a single space.

I'm not sure if there's a way to organize them with wmm, so you may have to do it with the PARAM.SFO. if it's a c00 game, use the PARAM.SFO in the C00 folder, not in the usual place. if it's roman and arabic numbers, you're probably going to have to choose one or the other. Jak and Daxter and Mortal Kombat like to do that sort of thing. I made a backup of all of them that I did:

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I had to do some trial and error with it. one of the bad things about how the xmb lists content is that it sorts lower case and upper case separately, so even alphabetizing the xmb in the flash probably won't have everything alphabetized.

 

[pinky]

here's what it looks like on my system:

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btw, you can mass install these fixed packages via usb and be done in no time. package only the PARAM.SFO if you want to edit the names, so each install will be about 100KBs iirc.

here's what normal files look like using that sorting method:

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[aldostools]

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere but is there any way to rename/reorganise the games within the Webman games folder on the xmb? Some of my titles or out of order especially sequels.

webMAN MOD uses the first 6 characters to group the games by name. If the ISO is in a sub-folder, the games are grouped by the first 3 characters of the folders + the 3 first characters of the name of the iso. This allows to group the games is an acceptable level; at least much better than unsorted.

If the name contains a number, the number is used as the 6th character. This usually helps to improve the sort order, but not always.

The reason why only 6 characters are used is due the way the games are scanned and the memory constraints in VSH.
While more characters are used for sorting, less memory is left to store the info of the scanned games.

Now your options:
1- Go to /setup.ps3 and uncheck PARAM.SFO to use the ISO file name instead of the game title. Also put the games in folders and numbers to get the order that you need. This requires to dedicate some time for trial and error. Follow the tips posted above by @pinky

2- Edit manually /dev_hdd0/xmlhost/game_plugin/mygames.xml to set the order that you want.
The problem with this method is that you will lose the changes every time that you re-scan the content.

3- Edit webMAN MOD and change the code to increase the number of sort characters...

This require to update the function set_sort_key
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/blob/master/include/games_html.h#L219
and change XML_KEY_LEN
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/blob/master/include/games_xml.h#L15

 

[S-E-G-A-G-E-S]

This is great ill give those a try, thanks for taking the time to help me out.

 

[arcadekidflo]

I had no luck with Webman , i had to rename ISOs manually to

ACTION_ BATMAN..
ADVENTURE_FINAL FANTASY..
FIGHTING_MORTAL KOMBAT...

and they are displayed by genre

 

[pinky]

psdevwiki may have a list of sorting methods.

 

[solstic3]

what to do when in webMan menu, game names and their icons use the names of another games but when you load it from webMAN, in XMB it show the corrent data? For instance, i had a problem where 4 different games had the names and icons of one another game... Refreshing the XML, XMB and so on didn't help there.

 

[aldostools]

what to do when in webMan menu, game names and their icons use the names of another games but when you load it from webMAN, in XMB it show the corrent data? For instance, i had a problem where 4 different games had the names and icons of one another game... Refreshing the XML, XMB and so on didn't help there.

Edit PARAM.SFO or redump your game from the original disc.

 

[solstic3]

Edit PARAM.SFO or redump your game from the original disc.

those are 100% IRD (without .PUP), in .ISO format. Sometimes it is impossible to get the games icon until you click on every game and then refresh xml and xmb again (there are blue disc icons instead) while all the data are displayed correctly in Multiman.. Using the latest HEN and webMAN .33...

 

[aldostools]

those are 100% IRD (without .PUP), in .ISO format. Sometimes it is impossible to get the games icon until you click on every game and then refresh xml and xmb again (there are blue disc icons instead) while all the data are displayed correctly in Multiman.. Using the latest HEN and webMAN .33...

In that case, check the icons in the multiMAN's cover database found in /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers

That covers database was hand made for thousands of games and there should be some errors in the title id not corresponding to the game.

To be sure download /dev_hdd0/xmlhost/game_plugin/mygames.xml and check what is the path used for the icon of these games. Then replace these files with the correct images.

 

[solstic3]

In that case, check the icons in the multiMAN's cover database found in /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers

That covers database was hand made for thousands of games and there should be some errors in the title id not corresponding to the game.

To be sure download /dev_hdd0/xmlhost/game_plugin/mygames.xml and check what is the path used for the icon of these games. Then replace these files with the correct images.

But, as i said, there isn't such issues in Multiman. It shows the game covers and names correctly. But webMan does not. i found out that rename the affected game .iso files, and repeating the refresh procedure in wM can fix it, but sometimes after 2 or 3 xml and xmb refreshes. This issue is there only in the begining, when i just copy the games to the console. So, theirs initialization. If the first time they are showed properly, it stays so, but if not, it can be changed with the file name change. But i thought there is a better way to fix this. It can happens randomly, with different games each time.

 

[pinky]

But, as i said, there isn't such issues in Multiman. It shows the game covers and names correctly. But webMan does not. i found out that rename the affected game .iso files, and repeating the refresh procedure in wM can fix it, but sometimes after 2 or 3 xml and xmb refreshes. This issue is there only in the begining, when i just copy the games to the console. So, theirs initialization. If the first time they are showed properly, it stays so, but if not, it can be changed with the file name change. But i thought there is a better way to fix this. It can happens randomly, with different games each time.

I think if they're iso games, you can override the cover art in the multiman folder by renaming the box art with the name of the iso and placing the image in the same folder as the iso. that's what I've done with ps2 games anyway. and, I resized all of multiman's box art with @sandungas ' accurate dimensions where you leave some space in between the edges to make the box art look more correct. I think only png iirc will allow this, not jpeg, so I used the action tool in photoshop to resize and convert thousands of files. my computer can't handle it, so I had to use my parents'. my computer would crash in so doing.